Bulbus cordis

Bulbus cordis
Heart showing expansion of the atria.
Diagrams to illustrate the transformation of the bulbus cordis. Ao. Truncus arteriosus. Au. Atrium. B. Bulbus cordis. RV. Right ventricle. LV. Left ventricle. P. Pulmonary artery.
Details
Carnegie stage9
Gives rise tosmooth parts of right ventricle, left ventricle
Identifiers
Latinbulbus cordis
Anatomical terminology

The bulbus cordis (the bulb of the heart) is a part of the developing heart that lies ventral to the primitive ventricle after the heart assumes its S-shaped form. The superior end of the bulbus cordis is also called the conotruncus.

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